A very controversial subject, especially now after the many shootings that have happened as of late. The goverment and news channels seem to be blaming it on video games. What are your thoughts on the subject. Are video games too violent?

No. People blame the video games, when they're clearly marked with a rating. If parents are bitching about overly violent games, they shouldn't let 8 year old's play rated M games. Granted some games are horribly brutal, but that doesn't mean anything other than don't buy it for your kids if you don't want them to see it. And as far as corrupting someone by playing violent video games goes, that's also a bunch of bullshit. If anything it's a release. Apparently there have been many studies testing if video games induce violence in those that play them, have I have not once heard of one saying yes they do.

The older I get, the more I realize just because you're an adult, you're not right which is what is told to us as children, listen to your elders, they know better. There are a lot of stupid parents out there.

NoIm not saying this because ESRB are there for a reason because I have been playing violent video games since I was a babbyI just think that if it were true then I would have gotten a gun brought it to school by now but I have not.There are studies saying that there is no link but I cant be fucked to find them because Im lazy

The same people will tell you that "statistics say the most likely location of death is your own home" or that "our research, funded by the govt. shows that drunk drivers get in more accidents than regular drivers." I.e. they aren't the paragons of sanity or logic.

If mature video games were the cause of this then the millions of COD fans who go and buy each new installment every few years would be going batshit insane every few weeks or so.